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American writer Steve Silberman wins the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for his book about the history of autism.

A nurse is found guilty of the manslaughter of a six-year-old boy whose resuscitation was mistakenly called off.

A BBC documentary goes behind the scenes at Scotland's newest and most expensive hospital, the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Andy Dashwood tells BBC Panorama about drinking up to a bottle of morphine every day in an attempt to manage the chronic pain from which he suffers.

Young children who have a pet dog in the home are less likely to go on to develop asthma, a large Swedish study has found.

A campaign calling for the government to increase investment in mental health services has been launched.

Scientists are developing a test to find the source of a potentially deadly strain of E. coli "never found in the UK" following a series of outbreaks in Dorset.

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The app that could help prevent schizophrenia relapses

Patients from outside the European Economic Area could face charges for emergency treatment in England, the Department of Health confirms.

Doctors, nurses, midwives and teachers are now required to report to the police cases of girls who have suffered female genital mutilation, or risk losing their jobs.

What hip ops tell us about the state of mental health care

Doctors, nurses, midwives and teachers are now legally required to report cases of female genital mutilation (FGM) to the police.

Eye extensions are a popular around the world, but Japanese health officials are concerned about rising eye infections caused by this beauty treatment

Scientists have designed microscopic "grenades" that can explode their cancer-killing payload in tumours.

On Saturday, a new law comes in which means teachers, health and social workers must tell police if they find, or are told, someone under 18 has undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). .

An NHS ambulance trust is investigated after it dodged national response targets to gain more time to assess some seriously ill patients.

Spending time gardening in an allotment can improve mood and self-esteem, a university study says.

Hospital beds for people with learning disabilities and autism will be halved in England, the NHS has announced.

'We need to treat this like the Aids crisis'

An 11 year-old-boy is hoping to smile again after having pioneering surgery in an attempt to restore the feeling down the left side of his face

Asian women trying to have a baby through IVF are more likely to miscarry than white women.

As a study reveals that young people with skin conditions find their mental health suffers, BBC Breakfast talks to one young woman who struggled to cope with acne.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announces plans to stop GPs having to rearrange hospital appointments for patients, in a bid to save them time.

A terrifying time of year for people with phobias.

No junior doctors working up to the legal limit on working hours will lose money under a proposed new contract, Jeremy Hunt tells MPs.

A Sussex woman with Multiple sclerosis (MS) says her symptoms improved and she was able to walk up stairs again after being prescribed HIV drugs.

Tuberculosis now ranks alongside HIV as the world's biggest killing infectious disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

An Italian doctor has been suspended from practising in the UK after failing an English language test.

The BBC's Yalda Hakim reports from a village in Kaldak in the remote east of South Sudan to see the impact of the country's civil war, and finds people at risk of famine.

Cancer Research UK says there is an unacceptable variation between different parts of England in how quickly cancer is diagnosed.

An advert for Boots Opticians has been banned for "misleading" claims that the light emitted from smartphones and other gadgets damages eyesight.

Ivorian baby food manufacturer Marie Diongoye Konate tells the BBC's Women of African series about fighting malnutrition using local products.

One women tells the BBC that she struggles to pay for food for herself and her son.

Vital opportunities to diagnose cancer patients in England earlier and increase their survival chances are being missed, experts are warning.

Carnegie Mellon University researchers look to use off-the-shelf 3D printers to print human tissue.

A parasite-killing drug, whose discovery won the Nobel prize, may also cut cases of malaria, say researchers.

A common Alzheimer's drug that is often withdrawn in later stages of the disease can halve the chances of patients needing to be moved into nursing homes, a study suggests.

Parts of London have higher rates of tuberculosis than Rwanda, Iraq or Guatemala, a report from the London Assembly says.

The medicines with their roots in traditional remedies

The number of protests by anti-abortion campaigners in the UK appears to be on the rise.

The rise in US-style anti-abortion protests in England.

Processed meats - such as bacon and ham - do cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization.

A major hospital would have to close its A&E department nine days in every 10 to break even because of the funding formula, a former chief executive says.

Cholera infections are soaring in Iraq as the health ministry has reported more than 1,800 confirmed cases since the start of the outbreak last month.

Would a warning about a possible increased cancer risk put people off eating red meat? Cooked breakfast fans give their verdict.

The complex chemical make-up of legal highs is leaving ambulance services dangerously uncertain about how to treat casualties, a senior paramedic claims.